flplantguy Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 Here is why. Totally unnatural here to have one. My yard looks like I sprayed it all but I don't do that it's just the drought. It's been like this since the end of September before that it was just enough to struggle through a bit. The green by the house are new tecomas I started from seed, and of course the succulents did ok 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 I got .17 inches yesterday and hoping for more today. The low is wrapping up in the Gulf so I'm crossing my fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 Models for south Florida are looking insane for rain amounts, while this area is still nul. I have never seen the kind of rain that the other coast gets even in wet years here, and this latest bout has the dry slot right over the Tampa Bay area. Wettest year on record there and dryest here. Crazy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinzyjr Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 Ended up with a touch over half an inch of rain today. I'll take it. It may help offset a disappointing growing season if we don't get a nasty cold blast over the next 3-4 months. Lakeland, FL USDA Zone (2012): 9b | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (1985, 1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a | 30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 .06 today for a whopping total of .23 inches for the two days. Maybe that will magically change overnight but everything will be going in the greenhouse soon anyway so after this event it doesn't matter. I think it was enough for the cacti at least. Two cold fronts on the way in models so maybe cold front rains to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubTropicRay Posted November 16 Author Report Share Posted November 16 I had a whopping .49" for 2 days. Better than nothing but only just barely. 2 Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10A Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 I stopped paying attention so mother nature threw a curve ball and I've gotten almost half an inch and counting today when the forecast was a drying trend. I messed up and brought in the umbrella yesterday and not today so I'm getting soaked later. Typical Florida lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinzyjr Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 4 hours ago, flplantguy said: I stopped paying attention so mother nature threw a curve ball and I've gotten almost half an inch and counting today when the forecast was a drying trend. I messed up and brought in the umbrella yesterday and not today so I'm getting soaked later. Typical Florida lol Added another half inch of rain today. Where was this when it was a week straight of 100s this summer? 🤯 1 Lakeland, FL USDA Zone (2012): 9b | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (1985, 1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a | 30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 29 minutes ago, kinzyjr said: Added another half inch of rain today. Where was this when it was a week straight of 100s this summer? 🤯 I was thinking on the way home that I have never driven that drive after a long rainy day, and had no idea if it was flood prone or not. After a whole year here and a "rainy season" in the books. It took November to get an inch of rain again lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 It's been local just not here till today and I'm thrilled. My pothos transplant may live after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Morrowii Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 Since Monday we got a little over 3” and 2 of those are from today.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looking Glass Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 The storm that moved through here absolutely pounded us for days. Worst water issues I’ve had at the house in the 3.5 years were been here. Worse than the 26 inches of rain in a day in April, and worse than the foot we got overnight a couple Novembers ago. Talking to people at work many people had issues with leaks and flooding. We got at least 13+ inches at the house, but the consistent driving wind was crazy and the event went on for about 72 straight hours if you count the pregame. It was like a weak hurricane, but lasting forever. Miami area had gusts over 75 miles per hour. The usual sources I use didn’t seem to record any rain amounts, after about Monday to early Tuesday. Not sure what’s up with that, cause it was a crazy amount. I was looking at the radar around Tampa the past couple of days, and it was like you guys had a protective force-field around the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmarum Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 1 hour ago, Looking Glass said: The storm that moved through here absolutely pounded us for days. ... A crazy two days of wind and rain, like an unnamed storm. The estimate above for Pembroke Pines is accurate for what I got, 2.5 inches on Tuesday and about 9 inches on Wednesday. The rain ended quick on Thursday morning, but was followed by the wind... 40+ mph gusts... which were also a pain. The water drains quick here at least, leaving a mess though. Watching the radar above on Wednesday was haunting. It barely moved at all and seemed never ending. If I could have piped it North to yall who need it, I would have. Ryan 1 South Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 I'm starting to think the "Tampa shield" hurricane people talk about may actually be a weather phenomenon or something. Like the area with the continent close by changes how the moisture works and it can't downpour like that so easily. Except st Pete one December had a crazy total. Tropical storm Debby in 2012 was kind of like that too. About 12 hours and some stations recorded almost 30 inches and all were over 10. It can happen just not as often I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H2DB Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 As of 7:30 am 11/17/23 , I have received 6.64" of rain here at my House . Of that total , 6.30" , came after 8 am yesterday morning . A friend of mine , a little away inland , shows 8.57" in his PWS data for the same period . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric in Orlando Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 Finally got some rain in Altamonte Springs, over 5 inches so far. 2 Eric Orlando, FL zone 9b/10a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubTropicRay Posted November 17 Author Report Share Posted November 17 It's funny publishing this after SE Florida got 6000 inches of rain over the last few days. That bring totals in that area to upwards of 100000 inches this year. Must be nice. In the meantime, I'll add my paltry .50" to my 33" year total and move forward until the next .0000000003" rainfall. My area is now "only" 14 inches below normal. 1 1 Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10A Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFLP48584 Posted November 18 Report Share Posted November 18 I see what you mean Ray. -John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRabbit Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 3 2 Westchase | 9b 10a ◆ Nokomis | 10a ◆ St. Petersburg | 10a 10b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 10 hours ago, RedRabbit said: That little spot of orange and yellow down there is probably annoyed too lol. Maybe not with all the flooding. Oh wait that's the lake lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFun Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 (edited) Cooler temps should provide a bit of relief. I see that it is the Tampa Bay area that is the troubled spot. I'm thinking there will be rain on the way for that area soon. Pretty good shot at precip. for late November into early December. Edited November 23 by RFun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskinPalms Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 That drought map looks a little like the new zone 10A map around west central Florida area 🤣 Parrish, FL Zone 9B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskinPalms Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 (edited) Safe to say, the areas that are D3 (excluding the panhandle D3 areas) on the map are climatologicaly the same in some way. Edited November 23 by ruskinPalms Parrish, FL Zone 9B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskinPalms Posted November 23 Report Share Posted November 23 By the way I’m firmly in the west central FL D3 area. This really has been the driest year I can remember since living in this general area since 1997. 1 Parrish, FL Zone 9B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 24 Report Share Posted November 24 The fact this year beat 98 in that small area is scary for the future. Hopefully next year is the opposite and we recover with a normal pattern. This weekend starts the pipe laying for irrigation lines. Plant wisely and have them available for years like this. If I had a full garden... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubTropicRay Posted November 27 Author Report Share Posted November 27 Got a decent soaking last night. Otherwise..... Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10A Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinzyjr Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 Ended up with about a quarter inch of rain. It will help for now. It's going to start going "below average" with some regularity though, so hope it doesn't soak the crowns of all of the palms before a freeze. Lakeland, FL USDA Zone (2012): 9b | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (1985, 1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a | 30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubTropicRay Posted November 27 Author Report Share Posted November 27 I have noticed the oaks in my area haven't produced a single acorn. That's never happened but neither has a 15" rainfall deficit. 1 Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10A Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted November 27 Report Share Posted November 27 48 minutes ago, SubTropicRay said: I have noticed the oaks in my area haven't produced a single acorn. That's never happened but neither has a 15" rainfall deficit. I saw tons last year and none this year, so I figured it was an in between year for them. Add the drought and I'm surprised more leaves haven't fallen already too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubTropicRay Posted Friday at 12:50 PM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 12:50 PM Nothing to see here Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10A Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA subtropical USDA Zone 10B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flplantguy Posted Friday at 05:52 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:52 PM I saw another model with a teaser storm in the future but it's weeks out. Till then nada but last night it drizzled out of nowhere so who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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